The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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