During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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