There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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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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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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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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