In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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