Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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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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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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