During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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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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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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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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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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