No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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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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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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