When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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