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    The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    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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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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