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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Nuclear Survivor
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    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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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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