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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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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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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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