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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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