Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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