"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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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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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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