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history

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  • history3,402 views

    Cleopatra Is Closer to the Moon Landing Than to the Pyramids

    She lived 2,500 years after the pyramids were built, but only 2,000 years before the moon landing.

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  • technology3,018 views

    The First Computer Bug Was a Real Bug

    A real moth was found in the Harvard Mark II in 1947 — the origin of the term "computer bug."

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  • geography1,789 views

    The Sahara Was Once a Lush Green Savanna

    11,000 years ago, hippos and early humans lived across a green, rainy Sahara.

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