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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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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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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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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