To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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