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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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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