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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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    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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    Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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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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