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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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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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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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    Pirate Jean Lafitte Countered Governor's $500 Bounty for Him with a $5,000 Bounty for Governor
    When pirate Jean Lafitte saw the governor advertising a $500 reward for his capture, Lafitte offered $5,000 for the capture of the governor.
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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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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