The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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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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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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