The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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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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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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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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