The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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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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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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