Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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