At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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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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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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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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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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