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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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