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Who built the first known computer, and when?

Over 2,000 years before Alan Turing.

Nature journal
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What were the Egyptian pyramids really built for, and who built them?

They weren't built by slaves - and they weren't just tombs.

Harvard Magazine
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How much knowledge was lost when the Library of Alexandria was destroyed?

Imagine burning the entire internet - in the ancient world.

Britannica
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How did Genghis Khan shape the genetics of an entire continent?

One man's DNA lives in 16 million men today.

American Journal of Human Genetics
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When did humans start cooking food, and how did it change us?

Cooking may be the reason you can read this sentence.

Harvard University
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