The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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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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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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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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