A man named Heraclitus had an illness that made his body swell up with water. To try to sweat it off, he buried himself in a steaming pile of animal poo, but then overheated and died of dehydration.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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