There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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