During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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