English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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