The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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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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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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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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