Lady Bugs really are not bugs. They are actually beetles and their correct name is The Ladybird Beetle.

Diamonds were first discovered in the riverbeds of the Golconda region of India over 4,000 years ago.

Pepper was sold as individual grains during the Elizabethan times. The guards at the London docks had to sew up their pockets so they would not steal any of the pepper.

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