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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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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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