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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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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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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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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Chunosuke Matsuyama, a Japanese Seaman, sent a message in a bottle in 1784 that his ship had wrecked. It washed up in 1935 in the village where he was born.
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