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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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