During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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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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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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