Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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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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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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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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