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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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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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