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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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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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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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