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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    Rocket Mail
    Rocket Mail
    In 1959, the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
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    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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