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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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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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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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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    Rocket Mail
    Rocket Mail
    In 1959, the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
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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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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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