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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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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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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day.
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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