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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    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 Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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