The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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