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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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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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