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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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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 site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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