Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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