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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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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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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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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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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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