No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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