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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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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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