Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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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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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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