If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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