During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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