The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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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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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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