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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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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