In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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