The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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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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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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