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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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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 coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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