The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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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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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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