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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    Rocket Mail
    Rocket Mail
    In 1959, the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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