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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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    Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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