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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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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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