During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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