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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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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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    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 the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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