High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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