In 1999, a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned said letter to the now deceased widows 86 year old daughter.
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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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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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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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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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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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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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