English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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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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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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