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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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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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    The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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