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Gold mines are the deepest in the world, going more than 7 kilometres below the surface. If the Greenhouse Effect melts all the world's ice then the sea level will rise 60 metres.
Guns were first forged by bellmakers, often out of metal bells.
Glass was discovered by Phoenicians cooking on sand.
American Indians chewed spruce sap. Settlers adopted the habit, added sugar, and it later became chewing gum. The world's biggest crustacean, the giant spidercrab, has a legspan of almost 4 metres.
Secretary Bette Nesmith Graham fixed typing errors with her special paint. After being fired for errors she made a fortune with her 'liquid paper'. Greece invented the first railway in 600 BC but only used it to move boats.
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