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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    Roman Farting Edict
    Roman Farting Edict
    After hearing of a man who almost died from holding in farts whilst dining, Emperor Claudius is said to have proclaimed an edict that allowed Romans to fart at the dinner table.
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    In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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