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  • The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as AD300. Western civilization didn’t rediscover the metal until 1827.
  • Roman Emperor Caligula was so upset by the death of his sister Drusilla that he imposed a year of mourning. During this time, everyone in the empire was forbidden to dine with his family, laugh or take a bath. The penalty for transgression was death.
  • While the Hiroshima atomic bomb was being prepared in New Mexico, applicants for menial jobs at the plant didn’t get the job if they could read. This was because the US authorities didn’t want staff reading secret papers or discarded litter.
1. In ancient Rome, what sport supplement (steroid) would have gotten a
Charioteer in hot water with the drug testing committee?

A. Cows Blood
B. Bulls Horn
C. Boar's Dung
D. Sheep’s Wool
 
     
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