Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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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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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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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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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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