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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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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In 1846, a 14 year old French peasant girl named Angelique Cottin was found to possess extraordinary electrical power. With a gentle touch she could knock over heavy pieces of furniture and even shock people near her.
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