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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Pirate Jean Lafitte Countered Governor's $500 Bounty for Him with a $5,000 Bounty for Governor
    When pirate Jean Lafitte saw the governor advertising a $500 reward for his capture, Lafitte offered $5,000 for the capture of the governor.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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