In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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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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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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