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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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    The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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