The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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