Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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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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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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