A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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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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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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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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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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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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