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Alice in Wonderland was once banned in China because the government found the idea of anthropomorphic animals offensive to humans.

Trepanning, drilling into the skull for surgery, was practiced in Ancient Egypt.

There were 253 Canadian made 1959 Pontiac bodies brought to Australia in 1961. They were outfitted by General Motors Holden and sold as 1961 model Chevrelle Asconda. 2 were used as crash test vehicles. So 251 were sold to the public.

They had a 261 cu. 6 cyl engine, painted army green for some reason. I always suspected they were war surplus engines, but not confirmed.

On December 17, 1967, the Australian PM, Harold Holt, disappeared off a beach in Victoria (Australia) - keep in mind that in Australia, December is summer there. His body was never found, and in an ironic twist, a pool in Melbourne which was under construction at the time of his disappearance, was named in his honor.

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90% of Australians live on the coast.

In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.

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Amon Goeth was the Nazi commandant of the Krakow-Plaszow prison camp, which was the camp featured in 'Schindler's List'.

He was hanged for his crimes, but it took three tries......they kept measuring the rope incorrectly, and he landed on his feet twice.

His last words were 'Heil Hitler'.

In 1997, a film named Trojan War (featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt) made only $309 in ticket sales. Its budget? $15,000,000.

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Faye Dunaway is nine inches taller than Bonnie Parker was.

The shortest period of time anyone has spent as King of France was five days. Those five days spanned the entire life of Jean I de France le Posthume, 15-20 November, 1316.

The Guillotine, when first invented, was considered the most humane method of execution.

I think we've been discussing Antoine Lavoisier's (1743-1794) last experiment. Last time I suggested you google it, you went all

Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne had what is now called an 'open marriage'.

Hitler was a postcard painter! (who happened to be a megalomaniac!)

Of all the U.S. presidents, Abraham Lincoln is the only one to have had a patent credited to him; he invented a type of flat bottom boat the would be used to transport goods downriver.

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Abraham Lincoln may have had Marfan Syndrome.