- The national slogan of US, "In God we trust" was not adopted until 1956.
- The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
- In a survey in London in 2000, 99% of bank notes were found to contain traces of cocaine.
- The shortest war in history was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. The war lasted only 38 minutes before Zanzibar surrendered.
- Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
- Until the murder of President Kennedy, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the president.
- The first bomb dropped on Germany in World War II, killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
- Jericho at 9000 years old is the world's oldest walled city.
- In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.
- After the completion of the Taj Mahal, Shah Jahan ordered the hands of the buiders to be cut so that no such building could be constructed again.
- Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand, to show the hour.
- During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as 1000$ for a single glass of water.
- February 1865 is the only month is recorded history which does not have a full moon.
- In ancient Egypt, the heart was considered the seat of intelligence-not the brain. They thought that the purpose of brain was just to stuff the head.
- Ancient Egyptians used slabs of stones as pillows.
- Cats were sacred for ancient Egyptians. People shaved their eyebrows on the death of their cat as a symbol of mourning.
- The custom of shaking hands was originally intended to show that both parties were unarmed.
- Christmas was not declared a national holiday in the US until 1890.
- In the 1830s, ketchup was sold as a medicine.
- When Albert Einstein died, his last words died with him. The nurse close to him did not understand German.
- A South African monkey was awarded a medal and was raised to the rank of Corporal in World War I.
- The magical word "Abracadabra" was originally intended for to cure hay fever.
- Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover his baldness.
- Ancient Romans used dried boar dung as an steroid.
- In the Middle Ages, spider web was used to cure wart.
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