There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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