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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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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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