Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
78
The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
91
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.
21
Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
10
Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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