Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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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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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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