Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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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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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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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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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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