The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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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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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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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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