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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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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