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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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