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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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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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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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