The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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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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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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