Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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