Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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