The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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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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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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