There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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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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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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