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    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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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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