During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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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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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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