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1598: Publication of mathematician Federico Commandino's translation of Gnomon algorithm textbooks from Arabic to Latin.
1791: The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
1887: Transdimensional corporation mascot spontaneously generates sales pitch for Mark Twain.
1887: Mark Twain declines to invest in transdimensional corporation, denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions."
1979: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
2016: Time travel chamber appears in New Minneapolis, Canada.

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+File:Federico Commandino.jpg|link=Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|1598:  Publication of mathematician [[Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|Federico Commandino]]'s translation of [[Gnomon algorithm]] textbooks from Arabic to Latin.
 File:Bill of Rights.jpg|link=United States Bill of Rights (nonfiction)|1791: The [[United States Bill of Rights (nonfiction)|United States Bill of Rights]] becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
 File:Bacteriophage Exterior.svg|link=Transdimensional corporation|1887: [[Transdimensional corporation|Transdimensional corporation mascot]] spontaneously generates sales pitch for [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]].