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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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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