During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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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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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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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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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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