India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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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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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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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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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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