English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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