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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    In 585 BC, a solar eclipse occurred in the middle of a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. They promptly ceased fighting and signed a peace treaty.
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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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