A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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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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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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