Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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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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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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