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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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    In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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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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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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