Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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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 University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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