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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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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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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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