Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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