The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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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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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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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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