Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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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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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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