There is so little archaeological and literary evidence from the period in history between 614 and 911 AD that some historians believe those years did not exist at all and that we are currently in the 1700s.
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When the Pyramids at Giza were being built, there were still isolated populations of mammoths alive in Siberia.
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Ancient Romans used coins with sex scenes – sprintia, to pay prostitutes for their services.
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“Headless photographs” were a fad in the late 1800s.
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There is a theory that says that a large part of the Amazon rainforest may be a giant ‘orchard’, the legacy of a people who flourished between 450BC and 950AD.
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Over 35% of Russians would vote for Stalin if he were still alive.
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The ancient Romans used urine as toothpaste, mouthwash and laundry detergent, the urine collection business was so lucrative that Emperors Nero and Vespasian imposed urine taxes.
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Greek statues were carved with a small penis because having a bigger package was considered grotesque and disgusting.
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The most successful pirate captain was a Chinese prostitute controlling 1,500 vessels and having 80,000 sailors working for her.
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On October 20, 1944, an above-ground natural gas storage tank began to leak. The gas eventually made its way into the sewers of Cleveland and eventually ignited, blowing manhole covers miles away and shooting flames up through the plumbing of homes. 130 people were killed.
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Albania is the only European country to save 100% of their Jewish population during WWII.
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In the Middle Ages it was thought that the left testicle made sperm for girls. Men wanting sons would have it removed.
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Before alarm clocks were invented, there was a profession called a knocker-up, which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they were awake. It lasted into the 1920s.
Patty 2:51 pm on April 4, 2013 Permalink |
This can not be factual.