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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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