The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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