India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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