In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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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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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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