Silk was developed in China were it was kept a secret for more than two thousands years. Anyone found trying to smuggle silkworm eggs or cocoons out of the country was immediately put to death.

The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867.

The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very, very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).

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