Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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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 first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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