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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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