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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day.
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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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