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    Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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