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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    Mozart
    Mozart
    Mozart composed a song titled "Leck mich im Arsch", which translates to "Lick me in the arse".
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    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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