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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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