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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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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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