There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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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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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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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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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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