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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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