The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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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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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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