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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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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