During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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