The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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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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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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