Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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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 native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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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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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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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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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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