The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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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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