The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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