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Who was the author of A Christmas Carol?

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Who was the author of a christmas carol?
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Charles Dickens.
The book Christmas Carol is the most popular Christmas story. The story was written by Charles Dickens in 1843 and centered around a sad businessman named Ebenezer Scrooge and how he rediscovers kindness and generosity through visits from the three Christmas ghosts. It was first published in 1843 in London by Chapman & Hall and illustrated by John Leech.

The world’s oldest leather shoe was found in what country?

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The world’s oldest leather shoe was found in what country?
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Armenia.
An archaeological dig in the Caucasus Mountains uncovered a well-preserved shoe made from tanned cowhide. The shoe featured leather laces held in place by threading through leather eyelets much like modern shoe designs. The shoe was determined to be at least 5,500 years old, and it was preserved from the elements under piles of sheep dung.

Who is considered the “father of history”?

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Who is considered the “father of history”?
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Herodotus.
Herodotus was born about 484 B. C. in Halicarnassus, (now Bodrum, Turkey). He is considered by his admirers as the “father of history” because he was the first historian to collect and systematically document events and made a conscious attempt to discover and explain past events. He major work is known as The Histories.