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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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