The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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