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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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