In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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50 years ago Cheerios were called Cheerioats.
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In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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