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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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