The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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