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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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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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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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