There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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