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Many are fooled by fool's gold!
Explorer Martin Frobisher, while seeking the Northwest Passage, opened the first mine in #Canada run by Europeans. He shipped 1350 tons of ore to #England in 1577-78. Sadly, it was #foolsgold, not real #gold.
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Explorer Martin Frobisher, while seeking the Northwest Passage, opened the first mine in #Canada run by Europeans. He shipped 1350 tons of ore to #England in 1577-78. Sadly, it was #foolsgold, not real #gold.
#AprilFools
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS
Frobisher's worthless rocks ended up being used as building stone in #Dartford, the English town where the unsuccessful attempts to extract gold from them took place. Hundreds were used in a wall at the Dartford manor of Henry VIII.
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#AprilFools
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