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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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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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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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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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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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