In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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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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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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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 time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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