Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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