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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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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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