A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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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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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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