India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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