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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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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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    In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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