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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    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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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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