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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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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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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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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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