Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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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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