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    The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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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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    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    585 BC Solar Eclipse
    In 585 BC, a solar eclipse occurred in the middle of a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. They promptly ceased fighting and signed a peace treaty.
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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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