Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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