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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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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