Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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The dildo was invented at least 22,000 years before the wheel.
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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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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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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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