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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2667672, member: 15588"]Great idea for a thread!</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I've learned so many things I'm not sure where to start. So I'll just start throwing things out:</p><ul> <li>Kings and Queens of England - their names and the general order of their reigns<br /> </li> <li>Emperors of Japan - their names and the general order of their reigns</li> <li>Numerous French Kings and Queens and Revolutions</li> <li>Roman Emperors and the general order of their reigns<br /> </li> <li>General Mexican history -especially Padre Hidalgo, Jose Morelos and Maximillian<br /> </li> <li>The order the states ratified the US Constitution (from State Quarters)</li> <li>The existence of numerous State Parks (from ATB series)</li> <li>The order of the 19th century US Presidents (from presidential dollars)</li> <li>The fact that Queen Elizabeth II has some relation to Canada and Australia</li> <li>From many British coins - the fact that Latin is not nearly as dead as people say it is</li> <li>The fact that people used to actually divide money into bits, which originated the phrases "pieces of eight" and "two bits"<br /> </li> <li>The fact that no portrait actually exists of Sacajawea<br /> </li> <li>The fact that coinage used to have inherent value</li> <li>The fact that coinage no longer has inherent value</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2667672, member: 15588"]Great idea for a thread! Unfortunately, I've learned so many things I'm not sure where to start. So I'll just start throwing things out: [LIST] [*]Kings and Queens of England - their names and the general order of their reigns [*]Emperors of Japan - their names and the general order of their reigns [*]Numerous French Kings and Queens and Revolutions [*]Roman Emperors and the general order of their reigns [*]General Mexican history -especially Padre Hidalgo, Jose Morelos and Maximillian [*]The order the states ratified the US Constitution (from State Quarters) [*]The existence of numerous State Parks (from ATB series) [*]The order of the 19th century US Presidents (from presidential dollars) [*]The fact that Queen Elizabeth II has some relation to Canada and Australia [*]From many British coins - the fact that Latin is not nearly as dead as people say it is [*]The fact that people used to actually divide money into bits, which originated the phrases "pieces of eight" and "two bits" [*]The fact that no portrait actually exists of Sacajawea [*]The fact that coinage used to have inherent value [*]The fact that coinage no longer has inherent value [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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