In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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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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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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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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