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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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