Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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