The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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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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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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