Interesting Fun Facts about History

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The U.S. founding fathers'name for the American Revolution was 'The War with Britain'.
The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
The United States has never lost a war when donkeys were used.
The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid!
The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses!
To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it's known as Tennessee!
Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
When young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.
Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.
When a family cat died in ancient Egypt, family members would shave off their eyebrows as they mourned.
President George Washington became president on April 30, 1789, to March 4, 1797.
George Washington inherited Mount Vernon in 1761.
In 1754 Washington led an attack that started a world war.
George Washington lost more battles than he had won.
George Washington lost more battles than he had won.

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