The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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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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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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