If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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