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1) The oldest know civilization is the San people in Africa. They are believed to have come about in 140,000 BC.

2) Chemotroph's are believed to have been the first organism to exist on Earth. They are small organisms that obtain their nutrients from underwater geothermal vents.

3) The Clovus people are believed to have been the first people to arrive in the Americas from the Old World. They crossed over the Alaskan land bridge appx. 13,000 years ago to populate the two continents.

4) The City of Eridu, located in modern-day Iraq, is considered to have been the first city made by humans. The city is currently abandoned and little more than ruins; probably a good thing considering what happened when Saddam tried to rebuild Babylon.

5) Hinduism is considered to be the worlds first and oldest surviving religion. While various tribal beliefs existed beforehand Hinduism, founded appx. 2,300 BC, is likely both the first and oldest true religion. The next oldest that is still around today, Judaism, is believed to have been founded in only 600 BC. However there are many tribal beliefs, extinct religions, and unclear foundation dates for other religions.

6) The first item sold using a bar code was a pack of Wrigley's Chewing Gum in 1974. It was selected specifically because no one was certain they could print a bar code on something that small.

7) The worlds first computer programmer is considered to be Ada Lovelace who died in 1852. She designed a program to be used for use in Babbage's computer. However, as Babbage never finished building the device the worlds first computer programmer outdates the worlds first computer (the Z1) by over a century.

8) The worlds oldest known song, Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal, is believed to have been made in 1,400 BC. While this is the oldest known song few records survive from so long ago and modern musical notation is relatively recent. For all we known ancient people could have been listening to the Crab Rave!

9) The worlds oldest known bad review is 3,800 years old and details the complaints of one Nanni who had been delivered bad copper by a merchant by the name of 'Ea-Nasir'. He was such a bad businessman that multiple complaints about him and his terrible copper have survived to modern times and include things such as a failure to deliver copper. Nanni's complaint is as follows:

'Tell Ea-nasir: Nanni sends the following message:

When you came, you said to me as follows: I will give Gimil-Sin (when he comes) fine quality copper ingots. You left then but you did not do what you promised me. You put ingots which were not good before my messenger (Sit-Sin) and said: If you want to take them, take them; if you do not want to take them, go away!

What do you take me for, that you treat somebody like me with such contempt? I have sent as messengers gentlemen like ourselves to collect the bag with my money (deposited with you) but you have treated me with contempt by sending them back to me empty-handed several times, and that through enemy territory. Is there anyone among the merchants who trade with Telmun who has treated me in this way? You alone treat my messenger with contempt! On account of that one (trifling) mina of silver which I owe you, you feel free to speak in such a way, while I have given to the palace on your behalf 1,080 pounds of copper, and umi-abum has likewise given 1,080 pounds of copper, apart from what we both have had written on a sealed tablet to be kept in the temple of Samas.

How have you treated me for that copper? You have withheld my money bag from me in enemy territory; it is now up to you to restore (my money) to me in full.

Take cognizance that (from now on) I will not accept here any copper from you that is not of fine quality. I shall (from now on) select and take the ingots individually in my own yard, and I shall exercise against you my right of rejection because you have treated me with contempt.

10) The worlds oldest known joke dates back to 1600 BC in ancient Sumar. Be prepared to be blown away by how amazing it is! "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husbands lap."

Any suggestions for a fact topic for future days? Thoughts? ETC?

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