The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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