During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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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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