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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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    Shortest War
    Shortest War
    The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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