In 1917, Margaret Sanger was jailed for one month for establishing the first birth control clinic.

In the Middle Ages, peacocks and swans were sometimes served at Christmas dinners.

The longest bout of sneezing recorded was by Donna Griffith. It began in January 13 1981 and continued until September 16 1983 and lasted for 978 days.

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