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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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