The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The rarest motorcycle in the world was found behind a brick wall in Chicago and has engine technologies well ahead of its time. The “Traub” is still running to this day.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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50 years ago Cheerios were called Cheerioats.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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