A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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