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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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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