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1. Despite being known for his work in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln was
actually born in Kentucky
2. Columbus was the first to navigate around the globe
3. The area of France was once called Gaul
4. Hannibal and his army crossed the Alps to surprise the Romans from the north
5. George Washington had wooden teeth
6. Thomas Jefferson lived at Monticello in Virginia
7. Despite his status as a general, Napoleon actually lost more battles than he won
8. Alexander the Great was the son of Philip II of Macedon
9. The Russian empire never had a female ruler
10. At its peak, the British empire was the largest ever in land area, covering over
13 million square miles
11. Tasmania is named for explorer Abel Tasman
12. Charles Darwin explored the remote Galapagos islands which emphasized
his theory of evolution
13. Cleopatra was captured and killed in Rome after Mark Antonys defeat
14. The Louisiana purchase was bought by the US from Spain
15. The battle of Thermopylae was fought in modern day Turkey
16. The battle of Antietam in Maryland is considered the deadliest single day
battle of the Civil War
17. William Taft was the heaviest president in US history
18. Prior to his regime, Hitler originally wanted to be an artist
19. Sydney was originally a penal colony for British prisoners sent abroad
20. Harold Godwinson was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066