The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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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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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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