To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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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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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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