Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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