In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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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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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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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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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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