During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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50 years ago Cheerios were called Cheerioats.
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