The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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