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A group of toads is called a knot. Tutenkhamen's tomb contained 145 loin-cloths.
The first colour television was built in 1928.
Tetris, the world's best known computer game, was never patented by its anonymous Russian author.
Tutenkhamen's coffin weighs 1,111 kg, and is the world's heaviest gold object. The idea of a 'terminator' robot first appeared in Greek mythology as 'Talos', the giant copper warrior.
Olympic acrobat George Nissen built the first trampoline in 1936 in his garage. The first toilet paper was made in 1391 for China's emperor.
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