The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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