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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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