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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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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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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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