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... that Giovanni de Ventura, a plague doctor who may have worn a beak doctor costume (pictured), was restricted by a covenant to treat only infectious patients? In the nose of the mask, there were types of plants that were used to filter the sickness from the wearer.
... that in some archaic Greek alphabets, an Ε could look like a Β, a Β like a C, a Γ like an Ι, an Ι like a Σ, or a Σ like an Μ?
... that the Chinese government has published a list of sixty-four important cultural relics that are forbidden to be exhibited outside of China?
... that the 1886 novel Albertine expedited the abolition of public prostitution in Norway?
... that Carl Sagan worked with the US Air Force on detonating a nuclear device on the Moon?
... that Olympic gold medals have been made out of silver, jade, and glass?
... that in 1945 a Japanese battalion was rearmed to serve alongside the British 5th Parachute Brigade in the Far East?
... that Solomon was accidentally castrated as an infant?

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