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Vikings used cod as currency.
Dried cod was so valuable in medieval Norway that it was used as a form of currency. The fish could be preserved for years and was easily transportable. Tax collectors would accept dried cod as payment, and it was used in international trade throughout Northern Europe.
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The first recorded use of OMG was in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill.
Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher wrote to Winston Churchill in 1917, using 'OMG' as an abbreviation for 'Oh My...
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The first recorded occurrence of biological warfare used honey.
In 401 BC, Persian soldiers left poisonous honey for their enemies to find. The honey was made from...
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The longest siege in history lasted 21 years.
The siege of Candia (modern-day Heraklion, Crete) by Ottoman forces lasted from 1648 to 1669. This is the...