Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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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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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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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