The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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