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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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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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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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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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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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