During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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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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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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