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Ancient Greeks invented the first alarm clock that used water.
Plato created a water clock that would whistle when water reached a certain level. The device, called a clepsydra, was later modified to include a mechanism that would drop pebbles onto a gong at a specified time. This invention was the predecessor to modern alarm clocks.
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The first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel was a 63-year-old schoolteacher.
Annie Edson Taylor made history on October 24, 1901, when she went over Niagara Falls in a custom-made...
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Viking women had more rights than most medieval European women.
Norse women could own property, initiate divorce, and inherit land. They were also often in charge of household...
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The first recorded case of a time capsule was in ancient Mesopotamia.
In 1879, archaeologists discovered a clay box containing small objects and inscriptions from King Nabonidus of Babylon (556-539...