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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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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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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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