Dominoes dates back to the 12th century! It was played in China during the Yuan Dynasty and was referred to as 'pupai'!
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The exact origins of the spookiest holiday aren't known, but it is widely believed that it is rooted in the Gaelic Samhain festival which was later Christianised. During Samhain, large bonfires were lit which would attract bats - hence the close connection of Halloween and the flying mammals.
In the Unites States, it is statistically likely that you would eat about 6000 slices of pizza over the course of your entire life. Pizza is not so new. In fact, it dates back to over a thousand years and was mentioned in a Latin text written in 997 CE.
There’s a persistent belief that the works of Shakespeare were actually written by someone else – the Earl of Oxford, Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe being the top candidates. This questioning of authorship is mostly due to the bias of 19th century scholars who couldn’t accept that such brilliant literature was written by a mere commoner.
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The exact origins of the spookiest holiday aren't known, but it is widely believed that it is rooted in the Gaelic Samhain festival which was later Christianised. During Samhain, large bonfires were lit which would attract bats - hence the close connection of Halloween and the flying mammals.
In the Unites States, it is statistically likely that you would eat about 6000 slices of pizza over the course of your entire life. Pizza is not so new. In fact, it dates back to over a thousand years and was mentioned in a Latin text written in 997 CE.
There’s a persistent belief that the works of Shakespeare were actually written by someone else – the Earl of Oxford, Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe being the top candidates. This questioning of authorship is mostly due to the bias of 19th century scholars who couldn’t accept that such brilliant literature was written by a mere commoner.
The earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas! These microscopes were simple in construction, using different shapes and sizes of glass with low power (6x to 10x). They were invented by the Romans.
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