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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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