Give me a mind-blowing history fact

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A very cool discovery:

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What they found was a ship over 98 feet long and 23 feet widelikely a 16th century merchant vessel with a load of ceramics on board. The color images show at least 200 earthenware pitchers now trapped under sediment. The globular pitcherswith pinched spouts and ribbon handlesinclude the monogram "IHS" (a Greek symbol representing Jesus Christ) and geographic pattern that may be inspired by plant life.



Deepest French water shipwreck
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Of course, this is a disputed historical item, as Napoleon planned to defend Louisiana in the war with Britain, but the Haitians held up his forces so, ironically Louisiana was undefended and selling it made a lot of sense, likely. Ultimately, he just needed the money, imho.
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