Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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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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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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