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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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