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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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