The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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