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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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