Diamonds were first discovered in the riverbeds of the Golconda region of India over 4,000 years ago.

Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973.

Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri grew chin whiskers attaining a length of twelve feet six inches from 1860 until his death 1910, protesting Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency.

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