Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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