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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    Rocket Mail
    Rocket Mail
    In 1959, the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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