In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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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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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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