The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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