During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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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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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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