A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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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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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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