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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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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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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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