In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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