Famed frontiersman Davy Crockett's arms were so unusually short that he had trouble putting on his own boots.

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- American West: Davy Crockett

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In 1952, Nancy Reagan was bitten on the ankle by a small shark while surfing at Pismo Beach, California.

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- The White House: First Ladies

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Thomas Edison generated a burst of electric power equivalent to that produced by a modern car battery from a pumpkin filled with a vinegar mixture.

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- Edison's Home Page

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Archaeologists in Mexico have unearthed a cache of pre-Columbian clay jars that contain a strain of brewer's yeast from China.

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- Archaeology: Archaeological Headlines

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The dial on the prototype of the rotary telephone contained numbers 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, and special character "Z."

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- AT&T: A Brief History

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Frank Capra's beloved film 'It's a Wonderful Life' was originally conceived as a trilogy.

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- The Internet Movie Database

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Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, hid the document inside his dumbwaiter when he took writing breaks.

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- The Thomas Jefferson Foundation

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Famed pirate Blackbeard, a fancier of Siamese cats, likely brought the breed to America more than 150 years before they were officially introduced.

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- The Cat Fancier's Association

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Gas chromatograph analysis of sediment cores from the bottom of Loch Ness supports the theory that a population of large creatures could live there.

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- NOVA: The Beast of Loch Ness

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The space shuttle Challenger's "black box" was found on a Florida beach by a Norwegian dentist.

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- NASA.gov

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In 1949, a Maine lobsterman slipped into a diabetic coma and was eaten by his catch.

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- American Diabetes Association

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Lee Harvey Oswald was a homing pigeon enthusiast.

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- PBS: Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?

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Most bank robberies occur on Tuesdays.

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- What to do in a bank robbery

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Confusion was so rampant on the set of Lawrence of Arabia, whole sets were built and then dismantled before they were even filmed.

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- Lawrence of Arabia

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Benjamin Franklin was challenged to more than a dozen duels in the course of his lifetime. He never accepted a single one.

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- PBS: Benjamin Franklin

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The supply ship Isabella, laden with beer, accompanied the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria during the first 53 days of Columbus' historic voyage.

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- Christopher Columbus

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Ancient Mesopotamian soldiers were paid with wooden coins.

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- British Museum: Mesopotamia

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Rabbits are sexually stimulated by the scent of talcum powder.

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- The Humane Society

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