The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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