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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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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