Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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