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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    Pirate Jean Lafitte Countered Governor's $500 Bounty for Him with a $5,000 Bounty for Governor
    When pirate Jean Lafitte saw the governor advertising a $500 reward for his capture, Lafitte offered $5,000 for the capture of the governor.
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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    Mozart
    Mozart
    Mozart composed a song titled "Leck mich im Arsch", which translates to "Lick me in the arse".
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    There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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