Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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