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Conquistador Cortés told the Aztecs, "We Spaniards suffer from a disease of the heart that only" this substance "can cure" |
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$1,000 |
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A PHRASE IN HISTORY |
2025-09-24 |
#9398 |
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Thousands "rush"ed to California after the 1848 discovery of a precious resource: parking spaces! |
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$300 |
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REVISIONIST HISTORY |
2025-04-16 |
#38 |
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The 1851 discovery of this transformed the city of Ballarat, a place that's pivotal in a Sherlock Holmes story |
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$800 |
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AUSTRALIAN HISTORY |
2025-03-10 |
#9286 |
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In the 1890s this was discovered in Western Australia; what a rush! |
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$400 |
DJ |
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY |
2021-08-03 |
#8457 |
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The ancient "Father of History" aka "Father of Lies", Herodotus said in India, ants bigger than foxes dig for this precious metal |
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$200 |
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HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS |
2021-03-08 |
#8351 |
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Learn about pre-Hispanic societies at Bogota's Museo del Oro, the museum of this element |
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$200 |
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HISTORICAL MUSEUMS |
2019-06-26 |
#8023 |
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As a result of the 1851 discovery of this in New South Wales & Victoria, Australia's population almost tripled by 1860 |
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$200 |
J |
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY |
2008-02-19 |
#5402 |
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In James Michener's "Journey", it's 1897 & 5 men are in a rush to find this in the Klondike |
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$400 |
DJ |
HISTORICAL FICTION |
2007-04-30 |
#5221 |
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The discovery of this in California on Jan. 24, 1848 was kept quiet until the N.Y. Herald ran the news in August |
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$200 |
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THE 1840s |
2003-12-24 |
#4443 |
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The ancient Egyptians called this metal "the flesh of the gods" & made quite a lot of jewelry out of it |
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$200 |
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FASHION HISTORY |
2003-10-07 |
#4387 |
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Edward Hargraves found some of this in 1851 in New South Wales; what a "rush"! |
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$400 |
DJ |
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY |
2002-04-03 |
#4058 |
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James Marshall found this Jan. 24, 1848, days before California was handed over to the U.S. |
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$100 |
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HISTORIC OCCASIONS |
2001-03-19 |
#3816 |
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In 1942 RCA plated a master copy of Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" this color to honor a million sold |
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$100 |
J |
THE '40s |
2001-01-30 |
#3782 |
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Early Lydian coins were made from electrum, an alloy of silver & this |
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$300 |
J |
REALLY OLD HISTORY |
1998-10-14 |
#3243 |
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The 1851 discovery of this precious metal in Victoria caused its population to more than quadruple by 1855 |
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$100 |
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AUSTRALIAN HISTORY |
1994-03-03 |
#2194 |
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Those darn Etruscans were noted for decorating pins with tiny grains of this metal |
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$100 |
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JEWELRY IN HISTORY |
1993-04-20 |
#1997 |
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Sophisticated Sumerians powdered their hair with this metallic dust |
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$400 |
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THE HISTORY OF HAIR |
1993-04-07 |
#1988 |