Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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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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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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