The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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