The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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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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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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