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Generation Z grew up alongside social media. The first social media site, Six Degrees, was launched in 1997, the year Gen Z began.

In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte sold Louisiana to the United States for $15 million to fund his continued fight against the British.

Martin Luther King Jr. spent just 13 years in the public eye. He became involved in politics at age 25 and died when he was 39.

Did you know that on December 5, 2024, Bitcoin's value surpassed $100,000 for the first time?

New York's first New Year's Eve ball drop was in 1907. The ball was made of wood and iron and weighed 700 pounds (318 kilograms).

Did you know that Barack Obama wasn't just the first Black US President, but the one of the youngest to serve in the Oval Office?

Did you know that in ancient Egypt, people who practiced magic and witchcraft were highly respected members of the community?

The U.S. remains one of only three countries still using the Imperial measurement system, along with Liberia and Myanmar.

In the California Gold Rush, it wasn't the miners who made the most money but the merchants who sold them their tools!

In 1984 Motorola released the world's first cellphone, the DynaTAC 8000x. It had a battery life of 35 minutes and weighed 2.5 lbs.

The word "today" was generally written as two words until the 16th Century, then as "to-day" until the early 20th Century.

Did you know that during the medieval ages, people used urine to treat bruises and other open wounds?