No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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