Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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