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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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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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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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