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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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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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