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    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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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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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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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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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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