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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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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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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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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