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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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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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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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    In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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