The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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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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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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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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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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