Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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