The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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