A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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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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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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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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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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