The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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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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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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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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