Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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