In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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