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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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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In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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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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20 years ago, there were only 130 websites, Google wasn't around, and you had to pay for an email account through an ISP.
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A man named Heraclitus had an illness that made his body swell up with water. To try to sweat it off, he buried himself in a steaming pile of animal poo, but then overheated and died of dehydration.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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