Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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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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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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