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A waiter from Budapest who committed suicide in 1926 left a note in the form of a crossword puzzle. The police had to ask the public for help to solve it. About two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Druids used mistletoe to celebrate that winter was approaching. After the U.S Civil War, about 33%-50% of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit. Arabic numerals were actually invented by the Hindus in India. Benjamin Franklin first proposed Daylight Saving Time in 1784. Celtic warriors sometimes fought in battles naked, with their bodies dyed blue from head to toe. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) published “The Origin of Species” on November 24, 1859. According to his theory species evolved because nature selected those animals and plants best suited to specific environments. China is the world’s oldest known continuous civilization. Due to shortage of coins in 1685 New France had to use playing cards as currency. During the 1600’s, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old. Edward WIII has not officially been King of England. He had to abdicate the throne to be able to marry an American divorcee. Georges Lemaitre, the originator of the Big Bang theory, died on June 20th, 1966 at age 71. Great Britain was the first country to issue postage stamps in 1840. In 1836 Mexican General Santa Anna held an elaborated state funeral for his amputated leg. In 1912 the first crossword puzzle was published in New York Journal. In 1938 Time Magazine’s “Man Of The Year” was no other than Adolf Hitler. In the 10th century, Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia, used to carry his library with him wherever he went. He had 117,000 volumes and needed about 400 camels to carry them. Jewish year is 354 days long, with days added. Margaret Sanger established the first birth control clinic. For that, she went to jail for a one month in 1917. Months that start with a Sunday always have a Friday, the 13th. Nadia Comaneci (14 years old Romanian gymnast) scored 5 perfect 10’s at Montreal Olympics in 1976. Until then the computers did not even have the capability do display perfect ten’s, so they displayed one’s. Napoleon was only 26 years old when he took command of the French Army of Italy in 1796. Reader’s Digest was launched in 1922 by De Witt Wallace and Lila Acheson who were husband and wife. Some people paid as much as $100 for a simple glass of water during the 1849 Gold Rush.
The earliest known date: 4236 B.C. (the founding of the Egyptian calendar) The first six Mogul emperors of India ruled without interruption from father to sun between 1526 and 1707. The length of the (tropical) year in 2000 A.D. was of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds The length of time the Gregorian calendar is off from the true solar year: 25.96768 seconds per year. The lunar month is 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, 2.9 seconds long. The Mongol army of Kublai Khan tried to invade Japan in 1281. The attempt failed as the entire fleet was ravaged by a hurricane. The US Secret Service was first established in 1865. Its mission: combating the counterfeiting of money. There has been a bloodless war in 1839 between the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the US state of Maine. 
