During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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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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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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