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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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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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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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