In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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