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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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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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 ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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