In 1946, the United States offered to buy Greenland from the Danish for $100 million.

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Pocahontas was just 11 years old when she first met John Smith.

Who knew she would later grow up to become a senator for the state of Massachusetts? No word yet on whether John Smith was fired from his job.

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Benjamin Franklin believed that the turkey was a more fitting image for the country than the bald eagle..

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In ancient Ireland, sucking the nipples of the King was a gesture of submission.

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The average life expectancy in Ancient Rome was 20-30 years.

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