The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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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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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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