50 years ago Cheerios were called Cheerioats.
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In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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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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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
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