Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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