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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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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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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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