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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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