The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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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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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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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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