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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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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