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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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