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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 oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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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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    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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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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