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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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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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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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