During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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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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