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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    In 2007, the 5000-year-old skeletal remains of two lovers embracing each other were found at Mantua.
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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