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    In 1959, the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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