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    Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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