If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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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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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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