The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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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 average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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