In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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