The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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