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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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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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