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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    Pirate Jean Lafitte Countered Governor's $500 Bounty for Him with a $5,000 Bounty for Governor
    When pirate Jean Lafitte saw the governor advertising a $500 reward for his capture, Lafitte offered $5,000 for the capture of the governor.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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