Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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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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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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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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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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