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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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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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    Rocket Mail
    Rocket Mail
    In 1959, the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    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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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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