Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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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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