The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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