If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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