Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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