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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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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 Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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