India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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