Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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