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    Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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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 oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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