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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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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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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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