After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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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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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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