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In 1956, Emilio Pucci (a famous Italian fashion designer) designed a bikini, inspired by the Roman mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily.
Villa Romana del Casale is an ancient Roman estate in Sicily, famous for its stunning mosaics. One of the most famous mosaics depicts girls playing sports, dressed in outfits reminiscent of modern bikinis.

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A preserved 14th century hand cannon known as the Mörkö handgonne
It was found in Sweden by a fisherman at the coast of Södermansland in 1828.

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A depiction of a hand cannon fired from a stand in the Bellifortis manual, written by German military engineer Konrad Kyeser between 1402 and 1405.

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The Areni-1 shoe is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008 in excellent condition in the Areni-1 cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. It is a one-piece leather-hide shoe, the oldest piece of leather footwear in the world known to contemporary researchers.

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