India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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