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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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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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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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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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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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