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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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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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