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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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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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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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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