Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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