An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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