Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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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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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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