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 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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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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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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