A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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