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    Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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