Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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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 first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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