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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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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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