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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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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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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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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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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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