The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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