The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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