Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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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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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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