The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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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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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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