The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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