London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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