Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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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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