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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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    Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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