When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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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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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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