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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    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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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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