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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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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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