The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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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 Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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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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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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