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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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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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    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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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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