The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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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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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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