Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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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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