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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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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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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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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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