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Did you know a popular 19th-century children’s syrup contained morphine?

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Did you know a popular 19th-century children’s syrup contained morphine?
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup was invented by Mrs. Charlotte N. Winslow in the 1840s, when she was working as a nurse for infants. It was first marketed by her son-in-law...
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Did you know that the total length of China’s Great Wall is greater than half the Earth’s circumference?

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|April 02, 2020
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Did you know that the total length of China’s Great Wall is greater than half the Earth’s circumference?
The Great Wall of China is a monumental construction that includes a complex system of walls, horse tracks, watch towers, shelters, passes, and border fortresses. It begi...
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Did you know Henry Ford II dismissed the VW Beetle as a bad design?

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|March 30, 2020
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Did you know Henry Ford II dismissed the VW Beetle as a bad design?
The Volkswagen (VW) Beetle is one of the most iconic cars in history. It was designed by Ferdinand Porsche and first introduced in Nazi Germany. Namely, Adolf Hitler beli...
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Do you know why rabbits are associated with Easter?

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|March 27, 2020
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Do you know why rabbits are associated with Easter?
Today the figure of the Easter Bunny as a symbol of the holiday is taken pretty much for granted. Yet why is this animal associated with a Christian holiday? Indeed, when...
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Did you know of the attempted one-man invasion on the island of Sark?

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|March 24, 2020
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Did you know of the attempted one-man invasion on the island of Sark?
Sark is a small island (just over five square kilometers) located near Guernsey in the English Channel, just south of Great Britain and around 35 km west of Cherbourg in...
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Did you know a ghost’s testimony was used as evidence to convict a man of murder?

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|March 21, 2020
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Did you know a ghost’s testimony was used as evidence to convict a man of murder?
The Greenbrier Ghost is a name popularly given to the the alleged ghost of 23-year-old Elva Zona Heaster, who was found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, on 23 Ja...
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Did you know Aristotle believed the human brain is the body’s radiator?

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|March 18, 2020
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Did you know Aristotle believed the human brain is the body’s radiator?
Today it is universally known that the brain is the seat of human consciousness and the organ which controls the rest of our body. However, it took our ancestors a very l...
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Did you know Peter the Great allegedly made his wife keep her lover’s severed head in her bedroom?

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|March 14, 2020
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Did you know Peter the Great allegedly made his wife keep her lover’s severed head in her bedroom?
The Mons family was one of the many immigrant families who lived in St. Petersburg’s German Quarter during the time of Peter the Great. Although they weren’t nobility, th...
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