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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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