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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    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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    There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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