There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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