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    In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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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 Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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