Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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