In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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