Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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