A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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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 Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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