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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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