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 semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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