Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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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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