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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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