The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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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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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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