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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand, to show the hour.
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In 1879, F.W. Woolworth founded the 5-and-10 cent store chain. For the next 53 years, his stores east of the Missouri River never sold merchandise for more than a dime.
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3000 years ago, most Egyptians were considered old and died by the age of 30.
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In ancient China, doctors could receive fees only if their patient was cured. If it deteriorated, they would have to pay the patient.
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The Hundred Year War actually lasted for 116 years – from 1337 to 1453.
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In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.
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In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls to 12.
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In early Rome, a father could legally execute any member of his household.
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People have been wearing glasses for about 700 years.
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The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.
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A golden razor removed from Tutankhamen’s tomb over 3000 years after his death was still sharp enough for use.
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Through an inheritance, Adolf Hitler owned 9,000 acres of land in Colorado.
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The strongest earthquake in U.S. history occurred in 1964. Registering 8.4 on the Richter scale, it destroyed the town of Kodiak, Alaska, killing 130 people. Tremors reached as far as Hawaii and Japan. This horrendous quake generated a 50-foot tidal wave traveling over 8,000 miles across the ocean at 450 m.p.h.
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315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
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The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung cancer.
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In the Middle Ages, spider web was used to cure wart.
wart mean koRh?
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wart mean koRh?
it's a lesion
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During civil war, Northern states (and Abraham Lincoln) did not want to free slaves so that they could live side by side with white folks. Rather they wanted to free them so that they could be deported back to Liberia, Africa.
This fact is usually not told by Americans.
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During civil war, Northern states (and Abraham Lincoln) did not want to free slaves so that they could live side by side with white folks. Rather they wanted to free them so that they could be deported back to Liberia, Africa.
This fact is usually not told by Americans.
wow. so they also hide and change their history.
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During civil war, Northern states (and Abraham Lincoln) did not want to free slaves so that they could live side by side with white folks. Rather they wanted to free them so that they could be deported back to Liberia, Africa.
This fact is usually not told by Americans.
Can you give me good source for this fact....
just for my knowledge.....