During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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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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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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