In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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