Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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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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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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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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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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