"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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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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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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