Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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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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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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