In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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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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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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