There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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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 bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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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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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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