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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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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