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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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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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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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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