In 1916, a US amendment was proposed to put all acts of war to a national vote. If you voted yes you would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.
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There's a regenerative candle that creates a new candle as it melts.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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Self-made millionaire Harris Rosen adopted a Florida neighborhood called Tangelo Park, cut the crime rate in half, and increased the high school graduation rate from 25% to 100% by giving everyone free daycare and all high school graduates scholarships.
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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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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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