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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    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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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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