The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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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 range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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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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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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