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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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