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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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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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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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