Sulfur Burned Off Freckles
Apparently, freckles were considered ugly and a perfectly clean and smooth complexion was desired, so people would rub sulfur all over their skin in hopes of burning them off.
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The More You Know
- It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.
- John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
- Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" on a bet.
- The chance of a coin landing heads-up is not 50-50