The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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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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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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