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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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