In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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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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