There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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