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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    Rocket Mail
    Rocket Mail
    In 1959, the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
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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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    A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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