Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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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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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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