Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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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 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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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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