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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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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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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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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