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21More atomic attacks on Japan

Japan didn’t surrender World War II under false assumptions. The US actually had seven more atomic bombs, the first of which was to be ready within ten days of the Nagasaki bombing.

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22Roy Benavidez

Medal of Honor recipient, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez had 37 wounds from bullets, bayonets, and shrapnel. Thought to be dead, he spits in the face of a doctor who was zipping him up in a body bag.

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23Susan Wojcicki

The CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, is the woman who rented her garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 when they were creating Google.

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24Grizzly bears

Grizzly bears have a better sense of smell than a hound dog and can detect food from miles away.

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25Horror movies

Watching horror movies can burn up to two hundred calories, the same as a half hour walk.

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26Every Breath You Take

"Every Breath You Take" by The Police is supposed to be about someone obsessed with a lost lover, and who stalks them. Sting, who wrote it, is troubled by how many people think it is a love song.

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27Cartier sunglasses

Cartier sunglasses (which can go for $2650 and up) are a status symbol in Detroit. Detroit Police estimate 9 murders, 17 non-fatal shootings, and 2158 robberies related to the glasses between '12 and '16.

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28Martin Scorsese

When Martin Scorsese read the book Wiseguy, which he would eventually adapt into the classic mob film Goodfellas, he called author Nicholas Pileggi and said, “I’ve been waiting for this book my entire life” to which Pileggi replied, “I’ve been waiting for this phone call my entire life.”

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29Ketchup

Ketchup barely goes bad. It is good two years past its expiration date and then it can go a year in the fridge or a few months at room temperature.

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30Gaston Defferre

The last recorded sword duel took place in France in 1967 after French politician Gaston Defferre yelled "Taisez-vous, abruti" (Shut up, stupid) at René Ribière after an argument at the French parliament. Ribière demanded an apology, Defferre refusesd, so Ribière demanded a duel. René Ribière lost the duel, having been wounded twice. He escaped relatively uninjured, however.

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