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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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