Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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