What is the most amazing or shocking thing you know that most people don't?
- Pythagoras drowned a student to death because the student proved the existence of irrational numbers which contradicted Pythagoras and his cult's beliefs.
- Ancient Romans would put sandals on the hands of sleeping people then tickle their face so they would slap themselves.
- A guy died from asphyxiation eating a pear. The pear tree was put on trial, found guilty of murder, and destroyed.
- In ancient Egypt, servants were smeared with honey to attract flies away from the pharaoh.
- The shortest war occurred between Zanzibar and the British empire, lasting around 45 minutes.
- Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Freud, and Tito were all living in the same area of Vienna in 1913.
- In 1895, the entire state of Ohio had only 2 cars. Both cars still managed to smash into each other.
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