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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    In 2007, the 5000-year-old skeletal remains of two lovers embracing each other were found at Mantua.
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    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
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    Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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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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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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