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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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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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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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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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