English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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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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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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