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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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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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    Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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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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    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    In 2007, the 5000-year-old skeletal remains of two lovers embracing each other were found at Mantua.
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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