If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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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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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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