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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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