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Richard Nixon kept a pet parrot in his office which he famously taught to curse at guests.
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The wheel was invented in the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia.
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The famous quote "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds," was coined by Alexander the Great.
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The King James Bible was issued by King James I of England.
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The nation of Albania was a member of the Warsaw Pact.
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The My Lai Massacre was perpetrated by Vietcong forces.
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Three different American presidents have each served over ten years in office.
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The Pony Express was the name of an infamous group of American bounty hunters.
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German General Erwin Rommel was executed for conspiring against the Third Reich.
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Over one hundred different cargo ships' disappearances were credited by the East India Company to sea monster attacks.
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Joan of Arc was executed by being drawn and quartered.
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Andrew Jackson was the American commander who won the Battle of New Orleans.
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The Rubicon was the river crossed by Julius Caesar to signal his resolve to conquer the Roman Republic.
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The French Reign of Terror was instituted by Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Canada was granted independence from the British Empire without a revolutionary war.
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The Black Death which wiped out a large portion of Europe's population in the Middle Ages is thought to have originated in South Africa.
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The famous king Peter the Great was ruler of Austria.
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The first major war which saw the use of army tanks was the Spanish American War.
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The numbering system used by most of the world which starts with one is called the Sandhovan Numeric System.
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Toilet paper was invented in China.
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Ferdinand Magellan was the first man to entirely circumnavigate the world.
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The legendary king Frederick Barbarossa was accidentally drowned in his heavy armor.
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China is the world's longest continuing civilization.
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Richard the Lionheart of England escaped captivity during the Third Crusade and walked all the way back to England.
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Although Hannibal of Carthage is famous for using elephants in military expeditions, there is no proof that he ever truly did so.
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Although Gandhi was famous for his influence in the realm of Indian politics, he was actually born and raised in the United Kingdom.
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Socrates was executed by being forced to drink poison.
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The most recent official crusade was called by the Vatican in 1930.
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The religious group who propagated the Spanish Inquisition was the Catholic Church.
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Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward resulted in more deaths than the Holocaust.
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World War Two resulted in more deaths than any other conflict in human history.
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Andrew Nicholas is a passionate reader and writer on the subjects of history and mankind. He is a published author, critic, and poet who grew up in the friendly scenery of rural Ohio. He is a graduate of Wright State University and a regular student of historical curiosities.