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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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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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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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