Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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