The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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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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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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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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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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