The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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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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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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