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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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