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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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