The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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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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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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