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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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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