The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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