Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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