Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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