The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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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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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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