In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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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 first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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