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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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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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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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