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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 University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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