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81. Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!

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82. During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!

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83. During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.

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84. Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.

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85. Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.

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86. Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.

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87. Che Guevara suffered from asthma!

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88. Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!

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89. At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.

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90. Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.

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91. Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.

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92. A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.

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93. A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

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94. Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.

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95. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.

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96. Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.

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97. In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.

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98. Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.

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99. During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.

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100. Cleopatra married two of her brothers.

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101. Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.

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102. Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.

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