At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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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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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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