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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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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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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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