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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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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