Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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