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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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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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