The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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