Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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