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On 15 April 1912 the SS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book described a ship the same size
as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson's fictional ship was the Titan.

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Some moral purists in the Middle Ages believed that women's ears ought to be covered up because the Virgin May had conceived a child through them.

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During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men's beards.

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Marie Currie, who twice won the Nobel Prize, and discovered radium, was not allowed to become a member of the prestigious French Academy because she was a woman.

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Sir Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' cloakroom after his mother went into labour during a dance at Blenheim Palace.

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Hindu men believe(d) it to be unluckily to marry a third time. They could avoid misfortune by marring a tree first. The tree ( his third wife ) was then burnt,freeing him to marry again.

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Thats why he got time for this invention :hehe: Bolti Bivi insaan ki creativity cheen leti hai… her kamyab shakhs ke peeche goongi aur behri bivi hoti hai :rotfl:

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King Solomon of Israel had about 700 wives as well as hundreds of mistresses.

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Urine was once used to wash clothes. ( can I say ooooh gross just think of the smell)

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victoria suna hai nahati nahin thi.. so her mozas were used as chloroform

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Blackbird, who was the chief of Omaha Indians, was buried sitting on his favorite horse.

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i didnt knew lolz :cb:

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:eek: suna hai Aurangzeb ne Zeb u nisa ke aashiq ko haleem ke degh main bhunwaya tha

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publicity stunt of James Cameron

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:eek: ab mayen apne bachon ko bata saken gi ke bache kaise paida hote hain :hehe:

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Thats why USA attacked Taliban

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She was a woman but woman jaisi uss main koi baat nahi thi.. please don’t spread feminist propaganda here :snooty:

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Jhoot.. Isrealiyaat.. Quran does mentions 99 wives of Hazrat Dawood (father of Hazrat Suleman)

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:bummer:

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You meanghoRe ko satti kar dia?