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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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    There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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