The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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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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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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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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