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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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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