The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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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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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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