Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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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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