The dildo was invented at least 22,000 years before the wheel.
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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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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