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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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    In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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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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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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