Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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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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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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