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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 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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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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