There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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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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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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