There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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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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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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