In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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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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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 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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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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