The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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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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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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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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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 first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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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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