During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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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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