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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 average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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