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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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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