In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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