In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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