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    In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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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 original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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