The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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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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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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