If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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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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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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