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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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    Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    Chinese General With Only 100 Men Made An Army of 150,000 Retreat
    According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu general Zhuge Liang had to defend a town with a mere 100 troops against an army of 150,000. He hid his men, flung open the gates, and sat on the walls playing a lute. The opposing general of Wei, Sima Yi, certain it was a trap, ordered a retreat.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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