In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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20 years ago, there were only 130 websites, Google wasn't around, and you had to pay for an email account through an ISP.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.
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