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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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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