During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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