The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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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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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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