There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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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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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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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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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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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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The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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