Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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