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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    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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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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