Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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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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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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