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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 Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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