The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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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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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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