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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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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