There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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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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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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