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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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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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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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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