The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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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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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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