"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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