If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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