Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.
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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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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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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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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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