Interesting Fun Facts about History

Interesting facts about the history of our planet.

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The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats!
The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
The life boat was patented in 1845!
The man who created the Thighmaster was once a Bhuddist Monk.
The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
The original title of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was First Impression!
The phrase 'rule of thumb'is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
The state of Wyoming is named after a valley in Pennsylvania.
The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!

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