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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    Chinese General With Only 100 Men Made An Army of 150,000 Retreat
    According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu general Zhuge Liang had to defend a town with a mere 100 troops against an army of 150,000. He hid his men, flung open the gates, and sat on the walls playing a lute. The opposing general of Wei, Sima Yi, certain it was a trap, ordered a retreat.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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