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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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