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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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