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    The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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