The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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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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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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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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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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