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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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    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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    Shortest War
    Shortest War
    The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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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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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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