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Electricity
Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity by tieing a key to a kite string, then flying the kite in a thunderstorm, and got an electrical shock which proved electricity. -
Pompeii
Pompeii was a Roman city and the volcano Mount Vesuvius covered it in lava. Many people that lived there did not make it out alive. -
Mesa Verde
Two cowboys, Richard Wetherill and Charlie Mason were riding across the mesa top looking for stray cattle when they saw what looked like a magnificent city(it was the mesa). -
Klondike Gold Rush
The last gold rush was a migration in north-western Canada. George Carmack and Skookum Jim were the first discoverers of gold. -
King Tut's Tomb
Howard Carter and his crew found King Tut in his huge tomb. He was mummified and had 4 large jars with him. -
Stonehenge
Some people believe that it was a cemetery while others believe that it was used for a garden but know one knows. -
Lucy the Ape
Lucy the Australopithecus Afarensis, was discovered by paleontologist Donald C. Johanson in Hadar, Ethiopia. -
Moon Landing
Niel Armstrong was the first man on the moon and his footprints are still there. -
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