They were called turn spit dogs, the dogs were put on a tread mill and they walked to turn a spit in th fire to roast meats.
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Queen Charlotte, who ruled from 1761 to 1818, descended from a branch of the Portuguese royal family that included King Alfonso III and his lover Madragana. Madragana is referred to in contemporary documents as a “Moor,” a medieval term for a person of African of Middle Eastern descent.
Gladiators in ancient Rome did a commercial for a sponsor before and after a fight. The producers of Gladiator ( the movie ) wanted to include this historical fact but was afraid the audience would not believe it.
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While its popularity in America is fairly recent, margarine dates back to 1860s France, when Emperor Louis Napoleon III offered a prize to anyone who could design a cheap butter substitute.
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