Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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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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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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