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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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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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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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