Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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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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