There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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