Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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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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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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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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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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