There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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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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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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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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