It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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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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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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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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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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