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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    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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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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