The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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 first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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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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