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Pennsylvania is spelled wrong on the Liberty Bell.
    
The first known written advertisement is more than 3000 years old. It was found in the ruins of Thebes.

The only survivor of Custer's Last stand was his horse, Commanche.

The White House painted white after the British Burned it in 1814, before that it was the Grey House.

The first newspaper, started by Julius Ceasar, was posted daily in public places. It was called Acta diurna.

The first US Marines wore high leather collars to protect their necks from sabres, hence the name leathernecks.

When the German air force bombed cities in England, they used guide books to make sure they hit historically important Buildings.

The USSR was the fisrt country to legalize abortion.(in 1920)

When Albert Einstein left Germany in 1935 the Nazis put a 20,000 Mark price on his head.

When Pope John XXIII died he only owned two things; a cross and a fountain pen.

Louis XIV bathed only twice a year, Queen Elizabeth I, only once a month, whether she needed it or not.

Napoleon designed the flag of Italy.

Queen Victoria's picture was on the world's first stamp.Circa 1840.

The Statue of Liberty's real name is LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD. Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi used his mother as a model, and the
framework was designed by Gustav Eiffel, famous for the tower.

Andrew Carnigie donated more than $350 million to charity in his life.

Before flying in space John Glenn flew 59 missions in WWII and 90 in Korea.

The first MD in the US, Elizabeth Blackwell, was let into med school as a joke. She got the last laugh by graduating at the head of her class.

The tree were Nathan Hale was hung by the British as a spy was probaly located near the corner of 66th Street and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan.

Saturn is the only planet in the solar system that is less dense than water.

In seventeenth century Massachusetts, smoking was legal only at a distance of five miles from any town.

W. F. Dart invented the polystyrene cup in 1958.

Most of Einstein's brain is in Wichita, Kansas. A Japanese scientist and a Philadelphia doctor each have small parts.

The saltiest natural body of water on Earth is the Dead Sea.

A dragonfly is the fastest flying insect, able to fly 36 miles per hour.

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.

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