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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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