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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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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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    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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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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