In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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