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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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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