The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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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 ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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