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    During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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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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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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