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Shakespeare and Cannabis: Did the Barb imbibe

Siobhan O'Shea June 6, 2019 Facts
Should we call William Shakespeare the Bard, His Bardness, Barder, or El Barderino? A South African anthropologist named Thackeray thinks that some of Shakespeare’s poems suggest that he enjoyed marijuana. …
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Medieval Dentistry or Killing the tooth worm

Siobhan O'Shea May 18, 2019 Facts
This is how Medieval dentistry explained the toothache : a worm busy eating a way out of the jawbone into the tooth and peeping out through the cavity. Not …
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Medieval prostitutes in a brothel

When Medieval Prostitutes, Harlots, and Strumpets dressed as men

Siobhan O'Shea May 3, 2019 Facts
When Medieval prostitutes broke the laws regulating clothing, they often dressed as men. Perhaps this is because male fashion was both titillatingly outré and more form-fitting? In the 14th …
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If Day Winnipeg Flagpole

If Day – the day Winnipeg staged a massive Nazi Invasion

Siobhan O'Shea April 16, 2019 Facts
The Canadian city of Winnipeg staged an enormous Nazi Invasion in 1942. On If Day (French: “Si un jour”), the “Nazis” (played by young Board of Trade members in German …
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Princess Feodora

Queen Victoria had a beautiful, clever teenage sister

Siobhan O'Shea April 11, 2019 Facts
Queen Victoria’s only real friend during her childhood was her almost unknown half-sister Feodora. Victoria’s half-sister, the beautiful, clever Feodora, was packed off at 21 to a penny-pinching life …
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A very trusted Madman and The Oxford English Dictionary

Siobhan O'Shea April 10, 2019 Facts
No one at the Oxford English Dictionary suspected that their most industrious contributor was a madman, a murderer, and an American. Presumably, in that order. In an early version …
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Queen Victoria and her Indian servant Abdul Karim in 1893

Meghan and Harry’s home once belonged to Queen Victoria’s secret Indian guru

Siobhan O'Shea April 5, 2019 Facts
Frogmore Cottage, Meghan and Harry’s new home, once belonged to a young man Queen Victoria addressed as ‘your loving mother’ and ‘your closest friend’. She even signed off some …
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Ancient Roman hairdo by skilled ornatrix

Plucking Awful : The job of an ornatrix or hairdresser in Ancient Rome

Siobhan O'Shea April 4, 2019 Facts
A new hairdresser or ornatrix flowed into Ancient Rome every day. As the women flowed in, hair soared in up-dos and business boomed in hair care essentials like decomposed …
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Alien Abduction Day

March 20, Alien Abduction Day. And we have Canada to thank for it.

Siobhan O'Shea March 20, 2019 What Day
March 20, 2019, isn’t just the first day of Spring. It’s also National Alien Abduction Day, also known as Extraterrestrial Abductions Day. This is a holiday dedicated to people who either …
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What the f**k? Dinner forks were once considered a tool of the devil

Siobhan O'Shea March 19, 2019 Facts
The Roman Catholic Church once denounced the use of forks. “God in his wisdom has provided people with natural forks-his fingers. Therefore it is an insult to Him to …
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A sheepish business- Sheep on the White House Lawn

Siobhan O'Shea March 12, 2019 Facts
White House sheep roamed the famous lawn during WW1, mowing the grass and raising $52,823 for the Red Cross.       A Baaaad Business President and Mrs. Wilson …
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The Bank of England Gold Vault, The Sewer, and the Victorian heist that wasn't

The Bank of England Gold Vault, The Sewer, and the Victorian heist that wasn’t

Siobhan O'Shea March 11, 2019 Facts
In 1836, the Bank of England was nearly a victim of a Victorian heist of their Gold bullion. Bank directors received anonymous letters in which the writer claimed to …
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