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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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