London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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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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