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    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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