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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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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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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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