In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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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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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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