The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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