Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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