In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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