Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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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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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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