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    Voltaire's Last Words
    Voltaire's Last Words
    When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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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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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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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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