Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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