The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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