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Surprising, well-documented moments from the past, and a few popular myths.

The Fax Machine Is Older Than the Telephone History The Fax Machine Is Older Than the Telephone A fax machine was patented in 1843, more than 30 years before the telephone's 1876 patent. Vikings Probably Did Not Wear Horned Helmets History Vikings Probably Did Not Wear Horned Helmets There is no good evidence that Vikings wore horned helmets in battle. A War That Lasted Under an Hour History A War That Lasted Under an Hour The shortest war on record, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted well under an hour. Mammoths Outlived the First Pyramids History Mammoths Outlived the First Pyramids Woolly mammoths were still alive on a remote Arctic island after the Great Pyramid was built.