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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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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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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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