The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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