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    Shortest War
    Shortest War
    The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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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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    The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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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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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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