The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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