Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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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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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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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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