The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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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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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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