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    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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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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    The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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