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Columbus Didn't Actually Discover America

No, this European explorer did not discover America. Columbus was 500 years too late.
In fact, it was the Norse explorer Leif Erikson who landed on American shores during the 10th century.
Erikson could be considered the first European to discover America.

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John Adams Was the First President to Live In the White House

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While the White House was under construction during Washington's term, he never lived there.
It wasn't until John Adams took office that a president lived there.
Interestingly enough, George Washington is the only president to date who has not lived in the White House.

A mansion at 6th & Market Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania served as the executive mansion for the first two Presidents of the United States, while the permanent national capital was under construction in the District of Columbia.
Following a 16-month stay in New York City, George Washington occupied the President's House in Philadelphia from November 1790 to March 1797.
John Adams occupied it from March 1797 to June 1800, then became the first President to occupy The White House.

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President Abraham Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame

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Before the 16th president took office, Abraham Lincoln was declared a wrestling champion.
The 6'4″ president had only one loss among his around 300 contests.
He earned a reputation for this in New Salem, Illinois, as an elite fighter.
Eventually, he earned his county's wrestling championship.

Besides being a wrestling champ, Lincoln was also a licensed bartender.
In 1833, the 16th president opened up a bar called Berry and Lincoln with his friend William F. Berry in New Salem, Illinois.
The shop was eventually closed when Berry, an alcoholic, consumed most of the shop's supply.

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Pope Gregory IV Declared a War On Cats

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Pope Gregory IV declared war on cats in the 13th Century. He said that black cats were instruments of Satan.
Because of this belief, he ordered the extermination of these felines throughout Europe. However, this plan backfired, as it resulted in an increase in the population of plague-carrying rats.

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The Titanic's Owners Never Said the Ship Was “Unsinkable”

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Despite what James Cameron's iconic 1997 film may have you believe, the owners never said that it could never sink.
Historian Richard Howells said that “the population as a whole were unlikely to have thought of the Titanic as a unique, unsinkable ship before its maiden voyage.”

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Yes, the face of the well-loved rum brand was a totally real guy. He was a Welsh privateer who fought alongside the English against the Spanish in the Caribbean in the 1660s and 1670s.
His first name was Henry and was knighted by King Charles II of England. His exact birth date is unknown, but it was sometime around 1635.
He died in Jamaica in 1688, apparently very rich.

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During Prohibition in the United States, the U.S. government literally poisoned alcohol.
When people continued to consume alcohol despite its banning, law officials got frustrated and decided to try a different kind of deterrent—death. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the U.S., which were products regularly stolen bootleggers.
By the end of Prohibition in 1933, the federal poisoning program is estimated to have killed at least 10,000 people.

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Plastic bottle bird feeders

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Fly Curtain in plastic Bottle tops.

These fly curtain crafts are made of beaded, recycled plastic bottle caps. Each curtain contains roughly 32 plies of 64 plastic bottle caps each, making over 2000 plastic bottle caps per curtain. A fly curtain weighs about 6 kilogram.

   

   

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floor mat in used bottle caps by katell gelebart from netherlands
designer's own words:

This floor mat has been made out of used bottle caps. * The caps are hand tied together by a thin nylon line that passes through 4 holes pierced in the caps. (=low technology) * Even low skilled people can make it ( = democratic design) * The material is 100% re-used because it comes from garbage (used bottles of juices, milk etc). (= zero waste) * The material is abundant and produced everyday everywhere in the world. (= immediate + abundant) low technology + zero waste+ immediate + abundant = low carbon footprints

This is my way of being environmentally responsible and aware of environmental justice.

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Hadrian's Wall is located near the border between modern-day Scotland and England.
It runs in an east-west direction, from Wallsend and Newcastle on the River Tyne in the east, traveling about 73 miles west to Bowness-on-Solway on Solway Firth. The wall took at least six years to complete.

Antoninus Pius was the man who gave his name to the Antonine Wall of 142 AD, which runs between the the Rivers Clyde and Forth, extending Roman Britannia north from Hadrian's Wall. The wall was designed as a frontier for the empire, and a barrier to raiding Caledonian tribes.

The Anglo-Scottish border runs for 96 miles (154 km) between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west.

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In 1997, the Welsh voted for the creation of the National Assembly for Wales. For the first time in 40 years, Wales was recognized legally as a distinct constitutional entity within the UK. In 2006, following this vote and the passing of the Government of Wales act, the Senedd was created, the home of the National Assembly.

The National Assembly for Wales is called Senedd Cymru – The Welsh Parliament.

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Mount Everest is named after Welshman Sir George Everest.

Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China (Tibet) – Nepal border runs across its summit point.

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The Welsh love-spoon is an iconic symbol across the world, originally carved by men to their respective lover’s family as a sign he was capable and skilled with his hands. Each symbol is representative of something, from the knot representing love, to the twist meaning the couple’s bond.

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Joseph ‘Job’ Daniels from Aberystwyth, West Wales, emigrated to the US in the 18th century. His grandson Jack went on to create the world renowned Jack Daniels whiskey – you’re welcome!

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