The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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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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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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