Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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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 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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