The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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