Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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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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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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