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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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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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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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