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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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