A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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