In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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