The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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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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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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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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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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