A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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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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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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