Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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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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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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