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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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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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