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In 1386, a pig was executed in France for the murder of a child.
The pig was dressed in human clothes and hanged in the town square of Falaise, Normandy. The execution was preceded by a proper trial with defense counsel and witnesses. Such animal trials were common in medieval Europe as animals were considered morally responsible for their actions.
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The first recorded use of OMG was in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill.
Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher wrote to Winston Churchill in 1917, using 'OMG' as an abbreviation for 'Oh My...
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Vikings used cod as currency.
Dried cod was so valuable in medieval Norway that it was used as a form of currency. The...
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The first recorded occurrence of biological warfare used honey.
In 401 BC, Persian soldiers left poisonous honey for their enemies to find. The honey was made from...