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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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