A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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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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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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