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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day.
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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