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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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