A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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