English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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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 Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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