The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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