The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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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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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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