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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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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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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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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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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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