The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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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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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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