Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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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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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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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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