Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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