The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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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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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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