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    J.D. Salinger carried the unfinished manuscript for Catcher in the Rye while storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day

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    In 1918, Woodrow Wilson became the first United States president to visit Europe.

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    It’s a misconception that Albert Einstein was bad at math. He excelled in mathematics. He only failed one entrance exam.

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    General Electric is the sole survivor from the original Dow Jones index in 1896 

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    In 18th century Scotland, students of medicine could pay their tuition in corpses

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  • Useless Fact #227

    Heinz 57 ketchup - The number 57 originally comes from their slogan "57 Varieties of Pickles" 

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    Originally Alfred Nobel sold dynamite "Nobel's Blasting Powder"

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    The reason for Machu Picchu existing is still a mystery

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  • Useless Fact #223

    Apple pie isn't American. The earliest known recipe was written in England in 1381.

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  • Useless Fact #222

    The true original name of the Statue of Liberty is 'Liberty Enlightening the World'

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  • Useless Fact #219

    Martin Luther King Jr's mother was also gunned down

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  • Useless Fact #218

    Playing on the fear of Nazi soldiers, a Polish doctor saved almost 10,000 Jews by faking a Typhoid epidemic, so the Nazis would avoid the town. 

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