Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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