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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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