A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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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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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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