During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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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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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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