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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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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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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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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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    High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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