Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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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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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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