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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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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 Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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