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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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