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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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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