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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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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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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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