The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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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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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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