Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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