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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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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