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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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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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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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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