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Did you know that During the middle ages dentures
were made of teeth pulled from the mouths of dead soldiers? These are
some things you won’t believe actually happened in history!
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During the middle ages dentures were made of teeth pulled from the
mouths of dead soldiers
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When he lost his leg Mexican General Santa Anna held a state funeral for
it
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Before the 19th century animals were
often put on trial
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If a Japanese Samurai lost a battle or was capture he would disembowel
himself. This was known as seppuku
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Europeans during the 15th century ate corpses because they thought it
would heal their sicknesses
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In the early 1900s many tobacco companies ran physician endorsed smoking
ads
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At the start of World War I the US Air Force only had 18 pilots
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England and Zanzibar once went to war for 38 minutes.
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Most British tanks since World War II are fully equipped…to make tea
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If Mansa Musa I of Mali (ruled in 1300s) was alive
today he would be worth 400 billion USD and is widely considered to be
the richest man in history
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In the last 3,500 years the civilized world has only
seen about 200 years of significant peace
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Seven out of ten of the deadliest wars in history were
fought in China
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The Mayans sacrificed people by pulling their still
beating hearts out of their chests
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When some pharaohs in Ancient Egypt died they were
sealed into their tombs along with all of their still-alive servants
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Roman Emperor Commodus once rounded up all of the
disabled people in Rome and had them fight to the death in the Colosseum
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