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February 24th

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  • 1979

    Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, in Stamford, Texas.

  • 1989

    150-million-year-old fossil egg with dinosaur embryo inside found in Utah. View Post →

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  • 2014

    A 4.4 billion-year-old crystal, oldest known fragment from Earth's crust, discovered.

  • 1920

    The German Nazi Party is founded; Adolf Hitler becomes its leader in 1921.

  • 1955

    Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar, is born.

  • 1863

    Arizona is organized as a territory.

  • 1938

    First nylon bristle toothbrush made, marking nylon yarn's commercial debut.

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