The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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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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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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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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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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