Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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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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