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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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